Policies and Procedures

The chair of the department will call a meeting at the beginning of the Fall semester.
Other meetings will be called on an "as needed" basis.

3. Committee Appointments

Curriculum Review Committees for each major discipline (Management and MIS) will be
composed of all faculty members teaching courses in that major. Curriculum reviews
are conducted about every five years. The last formal curriculum review, for both
areas, was completed in 2009/2010.

Department-level committees are required for third year reviews of faculty and for
promotion and tenure recommendations. All tenured members in the department serve
on these committees.

Ad hoc committees are formed as needed to consider changes in curriculum and department
policies and procedures. Individuals are appointed to these positions by the Department
Chairman.

4. College of Business Committee Membership

Membership on the Tenure and Promotion Committee and Post-Tenure Review Advisory Committee
is determined by a vote of department faculty at the first Fall meeting. Other College
of Business committee assignments are made by the department chair.

5. Advisement Responsibilities of Faculty

All academic advising is now handled by advisors working out of the Assistant Dean's
office. However, faculty members are expected to be available to students to mentor
them in other matters such as career choices and graduate school opportunities. Faculty
members are also expected to participate in recruitment activities such as UWG Preview
Day.

6. Graduation Assignments

Each faculty member is expected to attend at least one graduation per year.

7. Travel Budget

The annual travel budget will be allocated according to the policies specified in
the Department Policy

Allocation of Travel Funds - Department Policy

All departmental members are encouraged to pursue external means of supplementing
professional development funds. Such funds include, but are not limited to, money
received from grants, workbooks, classroom materials, and university research travel
awards.

For every budget year, every full-time, tenure-track departmental member will receive
an equal fixed allotment to be used for any professional development activity deemed
appropriate. Such activity includes, but is not limited to, professional dues, instructional
development, training, research, and professional conferences. In the event the travel
budget is increased or decreased, the individual allotments will be adjusted proportionately
at the discretion of the department chair.

Remaining funds each budget year will be allocated to full-time, tenure-track departmental
members according to a designated system of criteria. This system is based on, among
other considerations, individual achievement of departmental goals, as expressed in
documents such as the annual departmental merit evaluation. The funding is to be used
to support appropriate professional development activities that include, but are not
limited to, professional dues, instructional development, training, research, and
professional conferences. In all instances, the responsibility is on the individual
faculty member to provide justification for approval of specific funding requests.
This includes the rationale for attendance at specific conferences, classification
of publications, and monetary support for discipline-specific training, research,
instructional development, and payment of professional dues.

In the event the available funds are increased or decreased, individual allotments
will be adjusted proportionately at the discretion of the department chair. Any funds
allocated to a specific departmental member but not spent will be carried over to
the next budget year only for use by that specific departmental member.

The following activities will receive equal priority for funding. Each departmental
member meeting one or more of the criteria listed below will receive a fixed allotment
for the budget year in addition to that allocated in item 2 above. An exception is
item 3 (b) below.

Criteria:

(a) Presentation of a paper at an appropriate professional conference. This may be
a national conference in the departmental member's discipline. In certain instances,
for example, those involving scheduling issues or important subject matter and research
interests, a regional or international conference, or a conference not in the departmental
member's discipline, will be approved.

(b) Publication of an article within the appropriate discipline in the prior academic
year in a nationally recognized, quality journal. These would be nationally recognized
journals that use a blind review process, and other prestigious journals such as The
Harvard Law Review. Such publication will satisfy this criterion for two consecutive
years.

(c) Publication of other journal articles in peer reviewed journals appropriate within
the discipline during the previous academic year. This category would include publications
in journals that use an editorial board and prominent trade journals.

(d) Responsibilities as an officer of a relevant professional association that require
attendance at a professional conference. In general, this will be a national conference
or a regional conference significant in the departmental member's discipline.

Any remaining funds will be allocated at the discretion of the department chair for
such activities as the first trip of the year to attend any conference, the first
trip of the year for discipline-specific training, the second trip of the year to
present at any conference, and the first trip of a new faculty member to attend an
appropriate professional conference.

Last Update 6/21/2002

8. Summer Teaching

Assuming funds are available, the priority in assigning summer teaching is that each
tenure track faculty member in the department will be provided the opportunity to
teach at minimum one class. The assignment of additional sections during the Summer
will be based on a number of factors including: tenure status, the number of courses
taught the previous summer, the specific courses being offered, retirement status,
and merit. The final determination of summer teaching assignments will be made by
the chair in consultation with the Dean of the College.

9. Evaluation of Faculty

The Merit Evaluation Policy for the Management Department is described in detail at
MGT Merit Evaluation Procedure - 9-08-11 . This annual merit evaluation is completed in the spring by each full-time faculty
in the Management Department. Based on the merit evaluation results, the Chair recommends
annual pay increases for each faculty member.

10. Third Year Review ("Pre-Tenure Review")

During the Fall semester of their third year at UWG, associate professors, assistant
professors and lecturers will submit a dossier of their work for review. A Department
Pre-Tenure Review Committee, composed of tenured faculty members of the Department
(excluding the Chair), shall thoroughly and comprehensively review the individual's
achievements and performance in the areas of teaching, research, and service in light
of the Department's and College's promotion and tenure policies.

The Pre-Tenure Review Committee shall report its findings to the Department Chair.
The report will state in writing whether progress toward promotion and/or tenure is
sufficient at this time. The Chair (and the College Dean) will also provide a separate
written report as to the progress of the individual toward promotion and/or tenure.
The Chair will discuss these reports with the faculty member. The faculty member under
review will receive a written copy of the reports and is encouraged to reply to the
reports. Progress judged toward promotion and/or tenure in any of these reports does
not guarantee or prejudice a favorable recommendation later on. The University policy
on the Three-Year tenure Review is outlined in the Faculty Handbook (Section 102.0201).

11. Tenure and Promotion

The tenure and promotion policies for the University of West Georgia are detailed
in Section 103 of the UWG Faculty Handbook. College of Business tenure and promotion
policies are outlined in the Richards College Of Business Faculty Handbook.

The Management Department Promotion and Tenure Committee will be composed as follows:

All tenured departmental faculty will serve as members. If there are an odd number
of members, each individual will serve as a voting member. If there are an evennumber
of members, the individual with lowest rank/seniority will serve as a non-voting member.

During the Fall departmental meetings, two tenured faculty members will be elected
to represent the department on the College Promotion and Tenure Committee.

During the Fall departmental meetings, one non-tenured, tenure-track faculty member
will be elected to serve as a non-voting member on the committee. Only non-tenured,
tenure-track faculty who have not yet served will be eligible. If all non-tenured,
tenure-track faculty have previously served on the committee, the election will be
open to all non-tenured, tenure-track faculty.

The procedures for considering individuals for promotion and/or tenure are as follows:

Each candidate will submit a personal dossier to the committee

This dossier will be made available for inspection by all department faculty. Those
faculty who wish can make appropriate comments on the application. Such comments must
be signed.

The committee is expected to consult with members of the faculty who are familiar
with the academic specialty of the applicant.

The deliberations of the committee are to be kept confidential.

The criteria which the committee will evaluate are outlined in the Faculty Development
Policy and Procedures of the College of Business and the criteria as established by
the Board of Regents and included in the West Georgia Faculty Handbook.

The committee can request the candidate to appear in person before the committee.
The candidate may request to appear before the committee.

The committee will submit a report of its deliberations and the result of its vote
to the Department Chairman. Members will sign this report.

12. Post Tenure Review

Tenured faculty who have not been tenured or promoted during the previous five-year
period are subject to the University Post Tenure Review process. In the College of
Business, the post tenure review process takes place at the college level. The individual
subject to post tenure review submits his or her dossier during the Fall to the College-level
committee for consideration. The UWG Faculty Handbook (Section 104.02) outlines the
Post Tenure Review process. The College of Business Post Tenure Review Advisory Committee
is a five-member committee whose members include one representative from each department
and the most recent chair of the College Tenure and Promotion Committee.

13. Faculty Recruitment

The Management Department conducts national searches for any vacant tenure track position.
A search committee is formed for each search using faculty members in the department.
The chair of this committee is appointed by the department chair.

14. New Faculty Orientation

The Management Department supplements the University-wide orientation program with
a general orientation to the Department. For instance, new faculty are provided a
copy of the Management Department Policies and Procedures and the Richards College
Of Business Faculty Handbook. Additionally, all new faculty are assigned one of two
departmental members to serve as a mentor during their first year.